Microsoft opens virtual drives for free
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| Microsoft said on Tuesday
| it would allow anyone to use its specifications for "virtual"
| drives, which enable one computer to run several operating
| systems, with the promise never to sue for infringement of
| its legal rights.
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| [...]
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| Earlier this year, Microsoft said it would team up with Linux supplier
| XenSource to supply the virtual specifications
| to permit Windows and Linux to run on the same
| machines.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061017:MTFH00542_2006-10-17_15-39-10_L17839487&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/ygv4tf
Then again, the new EULA states that there's a catch.
Microsoft Vista licence restrictions hit hardware hard
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| While the expensive versions of Vista, Vista Ultimate
| and Vista Business, can be installed within a Virtual
| Machine environment, Vole forbids you from doing so
| with the cheaper Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35057
Sounds like a survival/money-milking strategy. It's also an
acknowledgement that Linux is not going away. If you can't
beat the enemy, attempt to join it...
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